Milky Way cannibalised entire galaxy 10 billion years ago, scientists say Independent
How To Get People To Like You: 7 Ways From An FBI Behavior Expert
Everyone Is Roasting The Completely Cooked Trailer For ‘Cats’
2019 Audubon Photography Awards Atlantic
‘The Numbers Are Just Horrendous.’ Almost 30,000 Species Face Extinction Because of Human Activity Time
Grief is a marathon, not a race
My world fell apart with one phone call. And that's when I began running from the devastation that awaited me at home, writes Bridget Judd.
The little-known Aussie screenwriter behind some of Hollywood's most well-known blockbusters
Writer Stuart Beattie wrote scripts for Johnny Depp, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Tom Cruise, but it's his newly released Vietnam War epic that he is most passionate about.
Ida Wyman, Flaneuse And Photographer Of Life In The City, Has Died At 93
Wyman wandered New York & Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s “to capture compelling images of everyday people working, playing, idling, dancing or selling newspapers.” Her work for Life, Business Week, Look and other magazines “went largely unheralded for decades” but was recognized later in her life. – The New York Times
Sixty-Six Questions About That ‘CATS’ Trailer
Some samples: “2. So clearly this is a town for cats, created by cats—hence the Milk Bar. But what kind of milk are they drinking? 3. Cow milk? Do cows exist in this world? How would cats, which weigh eight to 10 pounds on average, be able to domesticate cows, which weigh—[Googles]—roughly 1,600 pounds? Or … uh … are they drinking cat milk?” – The Ringer
The Fire At Notre Dame Has Revived A Need For Skilled Stonecarvers
There are two ways to do become a stonecarver in France – travel around to different work sites, apprenticing, or get a degree (the latter is less “mythic” and somewhat more friendly to women). No matter what President Macron says about restoring Notre Dame in five years, they know they’ll be needed for decades to come. – NPR
“We do not,” says Nicholas Christakis, “find a functional society without love, friendship, cooperation, or personal identity.” How hard has he looked?
'I'm accepting it on behalf of our ancient oral culture': Kev Carmody on his Helpmann win
When Australia's premier arts industry awards said they wanted to honour the lifetime achievement of this music legend, he had one condition.
Attenborough's 'remarkable' fossil deposit is still giving up its secrets
In the depths of rural Queensland is a fossil deposit so amazing that Sir David Attenborough regards it as one of the most important palaeontological sites in the world.
The slow death of the corner store, an Australian neighbourhood icon
The neighbourhood corner store was once a colourful and vibrant hallmark of typical suburban life, but the rise of multinational corporations and our on-demand lifestyle is slowly killing them off.
MYF WARHURST Niksen is a Dutch concept of doing nothing. And it turns out it's very good for you.
The National Audubon Society has announced the winners of the 2019 Audubon Photography Awards competition. Photo credits from top to bottom: Kathrin Swoboda, Kevin Ebi, Shari McCollough. Here’s Swoboda describing how she got her amazing shot of a red-winged blackbird blowing smoke rings
Pew Trust and Distrust – Many Americans think declining trust in the government and in each other makes it harder to solve key problems. They have a wealth of ideas about what’s gone wrong and how to fix it: “Trust is an essential elixir for public life and neighborly relations, and when Americans think about trust these days, they worry. Two-thirds of adults think other Americans have little or no confidence in the federal government. Majorities believe the public’s confidence in the U.S. government and in each other is shrinking, and most believe a shortage of trust in government and in other citizens makes it harder to solve some of the nation’s key problems. As a result, many think it is necessary to clean up the trust environment: 68% say it is very important to repair the public’s level of confidence in the federal government, and 58% say the same about improving confidence in fellow Americans.
From the Book of Judith comes the tale of Judith beheading Holofernes.
In the story, Judith, a beautiful widow, is able to enter the tent of Holofernes because of his desire for her. Holofernes was an Assyrian general who was about to destroy Judith’s home, the city of Bethulia. Overcome with drink, he passes out and is decapitated by Judith; his head is taken away in a basket.
The story has been a rich vein for artists to explore throughout the centuries. Michelangelo worked it into the Sistine chapel, Botticelli & Rubens painted it, and Italian painter Caravaggio’s rendition is probably the most well-known:
In Lyta Gold and Brianna Rennix’s entertaining ranking of 10 paintings of Judith beheading Holofernes, they put the Caravaggio at #2, with the top slot going to a painter who worked a generation later, Artemisia Gentileschi
